Get ready Wyoming!
LIFT is back for the 5th Annual Conference!
We’re here to Lead, Inspire, Fulfill and do it all Together!
It’s gonna be great!…
ONE DAY EVENT FOR WYOMING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PROMOTING LEADERSHIP AND OPPORTUNITY IN OUR YOUNG PEOPLE FOR WYOMING’S FUTURE.
THE LIFT EVENT
Is a platform designed to engage, entice, and educate our up-and-coming young professionals about what Wyoming has to offer! LIFT Wyoming was born in 2018 out of SHEER determination to take a stand in shaping the perspective of Wyoming’s high school students toward the amazing opportunities Wyoming has to offer as young professionals. This, along with instilling and modeling leadership, and teaching our Wyoming kids they have the POWER and ABILITY to shape their own futures and the future of our great state is what is at the heart of LIFT Wyoming.
Join us for an amazing opportunity to hear from Wyoming’s leaders from across the state. We are so excited to see you all there! It’s Gonna Be Great!
Speaker Lineup

Name:
Heather Shoemaker
Title:Founder & CEO - Language I/O
Founder & CEO - Language I/O
Heather Morgan Shoemaker is cool because after graduating with an undergraduate degree in linguistics from the University of Washington in Seattle and a Master’s Degree from the CU Boulder College of Engineering, she left a high-paying corporate job in Denver to found a tech startup in Cheyenne, Wyoming. She bootstrapped it initially, meaning she funded it with money saved from her corporate job. Eventually, she realized that she would need to raise money to grow the company faster so they could capture a larger portion of the target market, which is business-quality machine translation technology. To date, she has raised almost $23 Million in venture capital funding and has grown the company from just herself to about 55 people today. Wyoming is where they hire the largest portion of employees, though they have employees all over the world. Her goal is to grow the company alongside the tech ecosystem in Wyoming so young people don’t have to leave the state as soon as they graduate because they can find exciting, high-paying jobs in this state.
And she can’t wait to talk about the opportunities for young graduates who want to stay in Wyoming. She would especially love to see more women in tech leadership and the state of Wyoming has been very supportive of this initiative. Recently, the Wyoming Venture Capital fund, part of the Wyoming Business Council, invested $3M in her company to help diversify the Wyoming economy and grow tech jobs in the state.
Visit Heather’s website here!

Name:
Sommer Grogan
Title:Partner & Creative Director - The BARK Firm
Partner & Creative Director - The BARK Firm
Sommer Grogan is a Casper, Wyoming native and is super excited to share her story at LIFT 2023!
Sommer’s career is pretty awesome, as she is a founding partner of The BARK Firm (an edgy, fully-remote marketing firm) right here in Casper that serves clients locally, regionally, nationally…and even globally. BARK is one of the region’s top creative firms and Sommer prides herself on the very best of creative quality, excellent client care, and creating a thriving culture for her team-all of which work from home remotely!
Like many other young people, she never thought she’d end up back in Wyoming. She’s here to stay and can’t wait to share with everyone WHY!
Sommer is all sorts of passionate about leadership, business, and the future of our youth as the next generation of up-and-coming workforce for Wyoming and beyond!
You can visit her firm’s website here.

Name:
Tanner Gentry
Title:Wide Receiver-Chicago Bears, Buffalo Bills - NFL
Wide Receiver-Chicago Bears, Buffalo Bills - NFL
Tanner Gentry is cool because he is a proud cowboy who played football at the University of Wyoming for 4 seasons, and then went on to play 5 seasons in the NFL with the Chicago Bears and Buffalo Bills. He can’t wait to talk to you about setting goals, committing everything you have to those goals, the challenges that come with trying to achieve success, and the importance of surrounding yourself with others who support you in every way.
Lift Schedule
LIFT WYOMING 2023 Will be hosted on Wednesday, September 27, 2023
at Wheeler Hall Music Building – Casper College
125 College Dr, Casper, WY 82601
2023 LIFT Event Schedule
8:00 am – Registration Opens
8:45 am – Opening Remarks – Tom Grogan
9:00 am – Keynote Speaker 1: Heather Shoemaker
9:40 am – Keynote Speaker 2 : Sommer Grogan
10:20 am – Keynote Speaker 3: Tanner Gentry
11:00 am – 11:45 am – Lunch On Campus
12:00 pm- 2:15 pm – Breakout Sessions W/Community Business Leaders On Campus
2:30 pm – Speaker Panel Q&A Session
3:05 pm – Closing Remarks
REGISTER
REGISTRATION THIS YEAR IS $25. THIS EVENT DOES SELL OUT. MAX 350 STUDENTS CAN ATTEND.
**Please Note: While LIFT is in partnership with Wyoming schools, this is NOT a school event. Parents MUST excuse their kids from school this day.
JOIN US FOR THE
5TH ANNUAL LIFT CONFERENCE!
SEE YOU ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2023